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WOOL WASHING MACHINE.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNFV UNlTED ETATEs PATENT OEETEE'.

GEORGE L. VVITSIL, OF PHILADELPEHA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO EDVARD O.EDlVARDS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WOOL-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,782, dated April18, 1882.

Application filed November 19,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE L. WrrsrL, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Washing Wool, &c., which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of thewashingmacl'iine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section in line x .r, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists ofa machine for washing wool, &c., formed of adasher for forcing the water in different or opposite directions throughthe mass of material, and freely depending heeters for striking orheating the same, whereby the material is thoroughly acted upon andoverturned and its dirt, grease, &c., readily removed.

It also consists of diaphragms inc-losing the dasher or separating thedasher from the beaters for preventing the material packing upon thedasher.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a tank or tub,froin the bottomof which rise diaphragms B B, which incline toward each other, forming achamber, a, for the dasher O, which is secured to a reciprocating rotaryshaft, 1),

whose bearings are on the upper part of the tub A.

To the ends of the shaft D are firmly secured heads E, which rotate withsaid shaft, and to said herds. above the shaft 1), are connectedhorizontal bars or shafts Efrem which depend swinging heaters G, each ofwhich is so disposed that it overhangs and projects into the chambers bbetween the adjacent. diaphragm and the side. of the tub.

The operation is as follows: Water or other cleansing or washing fluidin sutlicient quantity is placed in the tub and the wool'intro dncedinto the cham hers 1). Power is then coinmunicated to the heads E, so asto swing them backward and forward, for which purpose a crank-haudle orpitman may be secured to one or both of said heads. The dasher O forcesthe water through the openings of the diaphragms B to opposite sides ofthe tub,and the heaters strike or beat the mass of wool, so that thedirt,

grease, &c., of the wool are liberated. As the heaters hang freely fromtheir bars or shafts F and swing indepeudentofthe motions of the heads Eas they rise and fall with said heads, the latter turning on the shaft Dat the bottom, the said heaters heat upon ,the wool so as to move andoverturn it, the angle of the heaters changing with the rapidity ofoperation of the shaft D, so that the heaters strike at differentplaces, whereby the entire mass is subjected to blows, whichaction,assisted by the fluid dashed forcibly through the mass indifferent directions, performs the work of washing and cleansing thewool in an expeditious and reliable manner.

The diaphragms B separate the chambers a b and prevent the wool enteringthe chamber a and interfering with the dasher C, so that the latter isunobstructed in its motions, forcing the fluid in opposite directions.

The device is constructed in a firm, durable, and simple manner, itbeing noticed that the heads E are connected by the axial shaft D andbars or shafts F, and the shaft D imparts motion both to the dasher Gand said heads E, which carry the heaters G. v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The dasher G and the operatingshaft D,

in combination with the heaters G and the heads E, the heaters hangingfreely from said heads, whereby the heaters fly out and strike the massof material at difierent places and overturn it, substantially as andfor the pur' pose set forth.

2. The heaters G, in combination with the dasher G andinclosing-diaphragms B, said dasher being within the diaphragmsand theheaters outside of the same, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

8. The dasher O, in combination with the t 9 heads having connectingbars or shafts F, the

swingingbeaters G,dependingfrom saidshafts, and the operating-shaft D,said shaft D being at the bottom of the heads and the shafts F above thesame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEO. L. YVlTSIL.

lVitnesses:

J OHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, W. F. Krnonmn.

